Amber’s descendants, Rusty, Ambrena, and Corandra are faced with the end of mining garbage pits. Corandra, the youngest, digs up a box that causes an illness to spread through the villa. One child dies, and others are deathly ill. She blames herself and runs away. When she returns, Rusty and Ambrena have left, and been captured by a pair of desperate men who need miners to mine a garbage pit for glass and metal to repair boats and rescue their families. Corandra follows after, with Henry as her companion. He is captured by another band of people unknown to their community. She is torn between rescuing Rusty and Ambrena, the closest to sisters she has ever known, and Henry, the one she has verbal battles with almost daily. She feels the fate of her villa rests on her choices, and mistakes.
Meanwhile, Rusty and Ambrena have overpowered their captors. They continue their search for the missing villa Corandra's mother and Zella's brother joined many years before. They discover remnants of ancient technology. Their hope is to find a cure for the illness. And now, added security, incase the families of their captors return, ready for battle. Nearby the empty glass and metal mine, in a tiny lodge, is a working computer that speaks to them. They hear of boats, windmills, glass greenhouses, and even a weak telescope. Some ancient technology survived in unknown surrounding communities, and they intend to learn all they can about it.
Author's Note:
Rating: R.
Profanity: None.
Romance: Light, Alluded to.
Sex: Acknowledged. Violent acts acknowledged as well.
